Copper Cooktop Wood Stove! Part 1 (WAY better than steel!)

Ya, so.. my wood stove broke. darnit. I figure if fI'm going to fix it, I may as well make it better! So... I decided to try a copper top. That way when cooking, loads of heat will get through the cook top. :-)

2 things... Holey crap, I need a haircut!

and I couldn't fins any copper parts on wood stoves anywhere on the net! They must exist. Copper is a great conducter. Should hypothetically transfer heat really well.

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[warravenfk2001]

do you have any plans to polish the copper? i've always liked the look of shiny copper :P

also, since copper is such a good conductor of heat, if you need extra cook space -- for when all your buddies come over and need hot snacks -- do you think some sort of copper attachment that could maybe clamp on top -- and just give you more surface area -- would work?

btw, love your projects :D

[JMEMantzel]

Plans to polish copper? Hmm... lemme see. i'll make out now.

Lets see..

Operation copper shine plans

1. get stuff

2. shine copper.

3. wooooo.......

[frosty9595]

First time I ever saw jamie use a real hammer!

[Everfalling]

@kenfo0 i think i kept typing statue instead of statute because i typed statue enough times in the conversation about the statue of liberty... it happens. but it's certainly not a case of lack of education on my part :)

[kenfo0]

@Everfalling 2x in different posts is persistent. ;) If not, how many? 100? 100,000? What is bad is lately I have been writing an awful lot, and have made a few glaring errors. Upon reading the post, it is obvious. I either have a brain tumor or am typing too fast, too often. I didn't have the problem until about a month ago.

[Everfalling]

@kenfo0 i'll agree with this because i recall seeing somewhere that it's specifically illegal to smelt pennies down for their copper because it's come to the point where even the thin plating of copper that pennies get makes them cost more to produce than they're worth so theoretically you could obtain a net gain by stripping the copper for resell.

[Everfalling]

@kenfo0 did you see the bit below the cited statutes with the letter from someone at the Treasury? I think that might answer some of the issue. I think the whole thing might come as a case-by-case basis since they'd have to evaluate whether or not the intention was to create fraud by altering the currency. I'm sure there's a limit to what you can do to money before it's considered devaluing it to the poit of removing it from circulation.

[kenfo0]

@Everfalling YIKES! Where do you see 'intent' in the statute I posted. Nowhere. I will ask bank manager about this, or call my Congressman. I meet with him or his staff here and there. It may well be like turn signals....it is illegal to change lanes w/o signaling, and yet almost no one does any more. Doesn't mean it is not illegal, just means no one is enforcing it.

[Everfalling]

@kenfo0 i made the typo twice. that's hardly "persistently" and "over and over".

[kenfo0]

@Everfalling My understanding for the reason for the law is that it costs money to make the money. If people went around destroying/defacing money that has to be replaced, it would cost too much. Meaning, maybe it costs 3 cents to make a $1 bill. It has a value of 100cents...the cost of production is accounted for in the budget. If you destroy it before the end of it's useful, budgeted life, now you have 6, 9 12 or whatever cents in that essentially worthless pc of paper. It is unsustainable.

[kenfo0]

@Everfalling ok. so i see 'parkpennies" and yet it is in violation of the statute I provided. I am going to ask the manager at my bank, he ought to know. I am assuming this is a "big business" issue involving the massive corruption today. In my state, for example, it is ILLEGAL, except on one weekend a year BY LAW to say "sales tax paid by store" or "no sales tax", and yet this is clearly violated by a major manufacturer in their ads in print, online and on billboards.